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Chandarana Foodplus (Kenya): Nobody else's money, its own limits

Asili Africa
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Shantilal Thakkar opened a counter-service shop in Parklands, Nairobi. In 1989 his three sons took over, and by one account their father questioned the rent when Anil pushed for a branch at Yaya Centre. Decades later, as Nakumatt fell, Chandarana bid more than twice the valuation for its fittings, then stopped short of the winning price. A story about a ceiling, and who set it.

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